New speech tests reveal benefit of wide-dynamic-range, fast-acting compression for consonant discrimination in children with moderate-to-profound hearing loss

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 418-425

  Marriage, Josephine E ^a,b   Moore, Brian C J ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b Chear Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplification; Children; Compression; Hearing aids; Hearing impairment; Wide dynamic range compression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSONANT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0142240324     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992020309080051     Document Type: Article

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